About David Harman
David C. Harman focuses his practice on personal injury, mass tort, and class action litigation, with considerable experience representing individuals in complex products liability cases against major pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers. He was significantly involved in the Yaz/Yasmin Products Liability Litigation (MDL 2100) for women who suffered injuries from Bayer's oral contraceptives, represented hundreds of children harmed by Depakote, and worked on the Testosterone Replacement Therapy Litigation, Fosamax Litigation, and the contaminated Heparin litigation. From 2014 to present, he has been recognized by the National Trial Lawyers as one of the Top 40 Under 40 Attorneys in Ohio. He earned his J.D. magna cum laude from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh Jardine
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A Maricopa County jury awarded $58.5 million to families who donated deceased relatives' bodies believing they would be used for medical research, only to learn the Biological Resource Center of Arizona had dismembered and sold the remains to brokers worldwide.
A federal jury awarded Georgina Perez $55.5 million after a Sunbeam Express Crock Multi-Cooker lid blew off and caused severe burns; the court later reduced the award to roughly $9.1 million under Colorado's statutory damages cap.
A Denver jury awarded $31.8 million to the family of an 82-year-old woman killed and other residents injured when a punctured Xcel Energy gas line exploded at Heather Gardens retirement community in 2018, assigning Xcel 12% of the fault.
A Sears technician miswired Jacqueline Gebert's electric stove in January 2019, and she was electrocuted while lifting a pan. An Arapahoe County jury found Sears negligent and awarded $2,700,000, made up of $2,000,000 in noneconomic damages and $700,000 for physical impairment. The court cut the noneconomic part to the $468,010 statutory limit, so $1,168,010 stood. The Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed in 2023 and upheld the cap against a Seventh Amendment challenge.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
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